Badge



Nov, 139 1945. J A. DONDERO 2,3%,728

I BADGE Filed Oct. 9, 1942 Patented Nov. 13, 1945 John A pandaro, Brooklyn, N, Y. n

.. -IApplicationoctober 9, 1942. .seriamm 461,374

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V:c-FEhisfinvention.concernsalbadge.

Badges are .carried oraworn by aperson as a mark of afilliation, authority or office.l 'Whenfthe badge connotes certain duties,` privileges andl authority, it is frequentlydesirable to combine ythe mark which-showsthe authoritythe .'badge stands for, with a mark identifying the person-'whoY is entitled to. use it.- Apsimple.v badge of that type comprises,.` for {.instance, awphotograph of the rightfulA user asf-mark of-lpersonal` identification and a. frame ,accommodatingsuch photograph or other-means ofidentiflcation and bearing markings or shaped toshV-whatthebadge. stands for. It is anobject of thisy invention to provide in such '.abadge Amounting a retaining .f meansA for the .markings of identification of theuser, such as a photograph, Vthefmarks offidenticationbeing-readily assembled withithel-frame and inthe badge in such manner, that they cannot be readily replaced or exchanged. In a preferred embodiment i?v this invention. the badgeandmarkof personal identification are, yfor instance, `assembled in;. such.'manner, that. .the .badge must be mutilated, `and the mutilationlcan be readily, recognized,fif the mark ot personal-identication has been altered orreplaced.

.i According to.v another Subject of. the invention the badgezis toprotect themark of :per-sonal identic'ation; so that it is not subject to .change and obliteration, .i e. ftheimark is .protected or even sealed against! moisture, Lfumesf, heat, etc.

r `There is the further object of -making a .badge of; this inventionsimple and. inexpensive. as to material as `well as to.l workmanship. vand yet rugged. .This is in .particularkeeping with the earlier object, .according to .which a change as to the markings of'v identification is renderedY difficult or even impossible, so that there may be no .question of reuse of.,:the badge.

A further object of this invention isv directed to the materials fused, whichv are to be light in weight, economically reduced to the'desired shape and readily available. In this connection `I y bear ini mind :thatfa .preferred embodiment of this invention can be completely executed in plastic.

These andother objects of this invention will appear at greater detail from the following description of the invention. Such description is made by way of two embodiments of the invention, which are given by way of illustration and not in limitation of .the invention, and which are identied as follows in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front View of one embodiment of the the coat of the wearer.

.Fig 2 is` an enlargedlongitudinal f cross-section of that badge.

=' Za-shows-a-eorner ofthe-frame of said View in -a position beforelassembling. A

: fFig; r3 is a corresponding, sectional rear View'.

I- .4 isfairont-.view of. another embodiment of thisinvention, which is indicated to be pinned, for'instance, ontoa'blouse of a wearer.

Fig. 5 is an enlargedf exploded, longitudinal cross-section of.-that other embodiment of the badge.

f Fig.` 6 isa-corresponding sectional rear view.

-: Similar numerals.A refer I to similar parts throughout the various views.

r .The .two embodiments, of Figs. -1-3 and of Figs. 4-6 frespectively, .fdi-ierfrom each other -concerning a number of features. It is understood, -however,.thatA anybodyfskilled and versed in thatart may readily apply any one ofthe particular -features of` one of y.theembodiments to the other embodimenaand viceversa,

" Flach one ofthe badges illustrated inthe drawing consists of afname, a .backing and a personal identification mark accommodated between those parts'-, Thelmark is represented by a picture, e. g. a photograph I I or I2 of the person to be identified.

1 V'I'he annular .frame I3A of theembodiment of Figs. 1-3 is countersunk from the rear in order to provideacircularrecess I4. In that recess is seated a transparent, e. g.-acetate `window pane whichl closes-the opening of the frame towards thefront... Against-the back of window I5 lies the picture II. The picture ispressed into the recess and vonto the-window I5 by a-plug I6, which may. be providedlwithfa slightly convexv surface for-such. purpose, as indicated.

APlug I6, which-forms `part of the backing, substantially snuglyts into fthe vrecess I4 at its cylindrical-circumference, which is shown to be s-ubstantiall-yflush at the back with the rear of frame I3. One ormore radial, holes, I8 extend from the outerperiphery oil-frame L3 radially into the recess 4Ill; andradial holes I9y in plug Iform continuations of holes I-8;when` the .frame and plug are in a registering position. The drawing indicates three pairs of such holes I8 and I9 spaced apart from each other. When pin 20 is driven into the aligned holes I8 and I9 it assembles the frame with the plug and may be dropped below the periphery of the windowed portion of the frame IILas` shown. The frame and the plug may be made of any suitable material, but preferably they are executed in a slightly yielding material.

e. g. a plastic. The holes I8 and I9 may be made slightly smaller in diameter than the pin 28, so that the material of the frame and plug firmly close over the pin driven thereinto. The pin may also be provided with barbs, as shown in the drawing, so that they cannot be extracted without mutilation of the frame I3.

'I'here may be marks for identifying the registering position of holes I8 and I9, such marks being indicated -in the drawing; asandndentation 22 uponfthe rear faces of the plug and frame at the peripheral edges thereof.

During manufacture the plug is placed into the recess of the respective frame at a xed angular position, in which the registering radial .holes I8 and I9 and the indentation 22 are pro vided upon the assembled parts. Pins 28 may be slightly attenuated at their inner endsfso that they will find the holes I9, when driven in later, after window I 5 and picture I I have been placed into the recess, so that frame and plugclamp tightly over the window and picture. However, if it may reasonably be expected thatwindow and picture may vary in thickness, and maynot permit the operation just described, then a slanted ange I4a in recess I4 may be'originally provided, as shown in Fig. 2a, such bottom straightening out to the extent necessary, when the badge is subsequently assembled.`

Plug I6 shows a button formation 24 in the back, the undercut 25 of said button 24 being substantially of the diameter of a hole instrap 26 which forms part of the backing of the badge. The strap may be made of anl elastic material, such as leather, so that rit closes around the undercut 25 after it has been forced over the head of the button 24.

Button 24 may arise from a depression in the back of plug I6, as indicated.

Strap 26 extends above the top of the badge. That extension may be adapted for attachment to a garment. It shows, for instance, a slot 21 for engagement over a, coat button 28. There are alsoperforations 29 through which a pin 30 may be extended for fastening the badge directly onto a garment.

In Fig. 1 the badge is attached to a button 28. Fastening by a. pin 30 is illustrated in connection with the other embodiment in Fig. 4.

That embodiment of Fig. 4 shows in the exploded cross-sectioned view of Fig. 5, in rotation, the following parts: The frame 3|, the gasket 32, the picture or photograph 33, the plug 34, a lock screw and the strap 36.

By way of modification, this embodiment shows a polygonal frame and the Window 31 is integral with that frame. Since only the window is to be transparent, the remaining surface of the frame 3I may be knurled or grooved, so that the ridges 38 render translucent that portion Vof frame 3|, which surrounds the window 3T. Engagement of the plug 34 in the recess of frame 3I which recess is in this instance a circular groove 46, is shown to be effected by an inner thread 39 in the frame and an outer thread 40 upon the plug. A pin 4I, which locks the plug upon the frame, is alsoshown to be threaded. For such purposes, the pin 4I may originally form part of a screw 35 which is inserted in the registering, tapped radial holes 44 and 45 of the frame and plug, and which is forced and `iammed so hard into such hole that the head 43 is sheared or twisted off. The remaining pin 4I is diicult to dislodge, so that the frame and plug are substantially permanently assembled thereby.

. Thegasket 32 may be deposited in the bottom of the circular groove 46 of frame 3|, so that it seals the plug upon the frame, when the parts are threadedly assembled. A rim 41 may circularly surround the plug 34 and a recess 48 provides a corresponding clearance in the frame,

. these overlapping and interengaging parts providing further or alternative means for sealing.

' Instead of abutton 24, as it was illustrated in connection with the first embodiment, I may provide a yoke,.or an oblong button or several buttons upon the back of the plug 48 for Vsuitable direct or indirect engagementupon orrby agarment, or upon or by a strap 36. The drawing shows, for instance, two buttons 49, only one of which may be usedin the absence of a strap 36 for direct fastening in a button hole, e. g. upon alapel.v iY

Legends or other markings connoting what the badge stands for may be applied to the surface of the frame, see for instance Fig. 1, or they may be shaped thereinto, as illustrated at 50 in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention by Way of two modifications, yet I do not Wish to be limited thereby, except as the state of the art and the appended claim may'require, for it is obvious that various modifications and changesl may be made in the form of embodiment of my invention, Without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

Y What I claim is:

A badge comprising a circular frame of yieldable material open at its front and back and having an inwardly extending annular flange at its front, a circular disc of yieldabl'e material of a diameter adapting it to nt snugly in said frame and provided at its center with an integrally formed rearwardly extending extension constituting a button and surrounded by an annular depression, said disc having its front face slightly curved diametrically to provide a convexed surface, a thin sheet of transparent pliable material covering the front face of said disc and having marginal portions clamped between the disc and said flange, an identifying sheet between said disc and said transparent sheet, said frame having openings formed radially therethrough and said disc being formed with radial sockets for registering with the radial openings of the frame, securing pins passing through the openings of said frame and into the sockets of said disc to hold the disc in the frame, and said disc' and said frame having adjoining marginal edges of their rear faces formed With notches registering when the openings and the sockets are aligned for insertion of the pins.

' JOHN A. DONDERO. 

